Though no dates have been announced for resumption, schools have been told to start preparing to receive teachers and learners in a safe way.
Schools have moved from the stages of closure, and implementing e-learning programmes to preparing for resumption. Experts share what schools should do before resumption.For some weeks now, school managers have been waiting for news of resumption. The lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic has taken about eight weeks from the school calendar.
He said claims by the Federal University of Technology Owerri to have produced quality hand sanitizers and the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri to have invented solar and manual hand washing machines did not go beyond sample stage. Apart from the regular issues of physical distancing and staggered resumption, experts that spoke at the webinar highlighted other factors like age-range and health status of workers, dealing with children with disabilities; provision of information/educational/communication material; establishment of screening and monitoring process.
Safety expert Mrs. Fayo Williams, shared her e-book containing a checklist for school owners to use in determining their readiness for resumption. Lagos State Education Commissioner, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo said at the meeting that the state was developing protocols for resumption which would be made public this week. However, she warned that no date has been set for schools to resume yet.
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